The Aalto-Musiktheater in Essen, which has been run by artistic director and general music director Stefan Soltesz since 1997, sees itself as an opera house for all Essen's citizens - and was also a special address for visitors to the city in the year of the Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. The programme ranges from a unique performance of Richard Wagner's ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ to the standards of the Italian opera repertoire, from 20th century operas back to the baroque epopoeias of Georg Friedrich Händel.
